Thorsten Schilling on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:36:46 +0100 (CET) |
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. hallo nettime readers, may be some of you are interested in the following. if not, sorry for that announcement. all the best thorsten ------------------ The Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb, Germany) has been releasing a European press review on each working day. Its aim is to follow European debates on sociopolitical themes and to make them accessible to a wider public. Print media from 26 European states are therefore evaluated daily and a range of commented links is compiled. The press review is released in three languages (German, English, French). The press review is an offer of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb in cooperation with Perlentaucher Medien GmbH (Berlin) and Courrier International (Paris). Here you will receive the current issue of this newsletter which is free of charge. If you would like to continue to receive it you can register at http://www.eurotopics.net. and here is todays newsletter in english: ----------------- European Press Review: euro|topics Newsletter 08/12/2005 DOSSIER Foreign Policy/ Europe: Europe and the USA Does Europe need a common foreign policy to counterbalance the USA? Is there still a place for transatlantic solidarity in the 21st century? Prompted by reports about CIA activities in Europe and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent visit, European commentators are posing these questions anew. +++ Sweden - Göteborgs-Posten. The newspaper calls for European countries to present a united front in their dealings with the US. "It's frustrating that the US is being allowed to treat Europe like its backyard. The need for joint foreign and security policies is evident. We must pull ourselves together and gather the courage to defend the common system of values we are so fond of talking about. Only then will the US accept us as an equal partner. If we continue with pussy-footing, we shouldn't be surprised to be treated as if we were a bunch of banana republics." +++ http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=122&a=247348 +++ Slovakia - Domino Forum. In a lengthy interview Kurt Volker, Principle US Deputy Assistent Secretary of State, also admits there are problems in the relationship between Europe and the US. "If the US government doesn't say it needs the cooperation of Europe, Europe complains the US doesn't appreciate its cooperation. If we say we need their cooperation, the Europeans immediately suspect our motives." He urges both sides to form a united front. "Only once we have achieved this can we talk about spreading freedom and human rights. It's important to give reforming forces all over the world orientation - for example in the Middle East, where the aim is to strengthen the peaceful voices of Islam against those of the extremists. In this context, cooperation with Europe is very important." +++ http://www.dominoforum.sk +++ Spain - El País. Vicente Palacio de Oteyza, coordinator of the Observatory of Spanish Foreign Policy (OPEX), analyses the future of relations between Europe and the United States. "Today, Europe dreams about Kant but wakes up each _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list nettime-ann@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann